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The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) - Coggle Diagram
The Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
WW1 Impact
Thousands of people died
people were weakened by lack of food
the proud germany was defeated
turnips and bread
The democratic Weimar collapsed on 1933
it was replaced for the Nazi dictatorship
germany was doomed to fail after a fourteen years of being the authoritarian.
some post war problems were
starvacion
debt
political chaos
hyperinflatacio
being a divided country
it was hard to rule germany on a particular crisis
Impact on Germany
economic impact
Germany was in bankrupt
Nacional income was 1/3 unlike 1913
The state was spending about 1/3 of its
budget in war pensions for those who were killed
Industrial production was 2/3 unlike 1913
Acute shortage of food, and extreme cold.
300,000 people died from starvation and hypothermia in 2918
Social impact
The war had deepened divisions in German society
There were huge gaps between the living standars of the rich and poor
Germans were bittered at the restrictions on their earnings during war
Germans were angry about losing the war
Law and order was breaking
Political impact
There was a revolution and Germany became a democratic republic (1918)
Groups with extremist politcal views tried to gain power
There has a fight between right and left wing groups
Ex soldiers and civilians despised new leaders and thought Hindenburg had been betrayed by weak german politicians
The danger facing the Republic
From the beginning, Ebert's government was violently opposed by both left and right wings.
Threats from the Left wing
The Spartacists (led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg) were a Left-wing group that argued against Ebert's plan for democracy and wanted Germany to be communist.
They launched their bid for power in 1919 with rebel soldiers and sailors. Some anti-communist soldiers have also formed a group called Freikorps and Ebert ordered them to put the rebellion down. The Freikorps ended up winning after fight and casualties. Both leaders of the Spartacists were murdered.
After they were defeated, the Spartacists rebelled in Bavaria, which still was a socialist state. Ebert used the same tactics he used before and sent the Freikorps to crush the revolt in May 1919. Around 600 Spartacists were murdered. There was another revolt in 1920 in Ruhr, but the Freikorps won with 2000 casualties.
Ebert gained hatred from the communist because his rutheless measures to deal with them, but he also got approval from other Germans afraid of communism.
Threats from the Right wing
The Right-wing opponents were people who grew in the Kaiser Germany. They liked the Kaiser's style of government, the strong army and the idea of expansion. The treaty of Versailles had deepely affected them because of the limitations.
In March 1920 happened the Kapp Putsch. The army refuesed to fire and German workers had to save them. A general strike was declared and there was a halt in the capital. Kapp was hunted down and left to die.
The new government struggled to deal with violence and assasinations were frequent.
The birth of the Weimar Republic
Germany was in state of chaos
The allies offerd Germany peace
But they have strict conditions
Germany have to become more democratic
Kaiser should abdicate
Kaiser
Kaiser refused
Germany mutinied and took over the town of Kiel
kaiser were the old enemies, the socialist, led uprising of workers and soldiers
Bavaria an independent Socialist Republic
The socialist leader Friedrich Ebert became the new leader of the Republic of germany
Armisties with the Alliels
The war was over
They announced to the Germany people that the new republic was giving them freedom
Ebert have oppositions from both
The two problem were on the right wing and on the left wing